[ShinyRedCar]

Water pump died at 137,890. $950 out the door of my local indy...

[drsilvershot]

did you replace thermostat as well?

[AviatorBimmer]

My wp failed last Saturday at 1am on I-95... 2007 E92 with 91,000 miles...

Stealership and Indie both quoted me $1,300 for replacing the thermostat and wp. I will be ordering from Tischer and installing myself.

Quick question... I ordered a wifi OBD scanner and downloaded BMWhat? on my iPad. Will I be able to read and reset the codes with this? If not, which cable and software do I need? Thanks for the help guys...

[nate5ks]

I use BMW standard tools on my laptop and DIS. Not sure if people have been successful with this on a Mac.

[nate5ks]

Search "bmw dcan" in ebay for your cable.

[AviatorBimmer]

Originally Posted by nate5ks

Search "bmw dcan" in ebay for your cable.

Does this mean that my wifi OBD and BMWhat? will not allow me to reset water pump failure type errors? Just want to make sure before I order a dcan cable.

[inline6ix]

Under $1k installed for a part that you'll only have to replace once in the lifetime of the vehicle isn't that bad. I'm glad everybody that talks about them failing says they've been getting codes. The minute I start getting any sort of codes related to the water pump I'm ordering mine and replacing it.

[nate5ks]

Try bmwwhat? first before you order a cable. Wifi obd scanner would be convenient.

[AviatorBimmer]

Originally Posted by nate5ks

Try bmwwhat? first before you order a cable. Wifi obd scanner would be convenient.

Gotcha! I will do just that... thanks buddy

[ShinyRedCar]

Originally Posted by drsilvershot

did you replace thermostat as well?

Yep! Indy said that was standard procedure because of its location.

[BoogeyMan'sBMW]

Originally Posted by ShinyRedCar

Yep! Indy said that was standard procedure because of its location.

Yea, they are attached and if you have the car open to there you might as well. The thermostat is cheaper anyway, about 1/5 the price.

Tisher has a special for both pumo and tstat on their site

[cliffschum]

Wasn't sure which water pump thread to post my experience, but I wanted to share..

My original pump was operational at 140K, but I decided to replace it based on all the negative information in this forum.. To my pleasant surprise, my vehicle runs much, much, MUCH better with the new pump. The horsepower has noticeably increased, and even my passenger has commented on how much smoother the car rides. Nothing else was done to the engine, and the repair was completed by an experienced BMW mechanic.

No, I didn't believe the new pump would make this much of a difference. I have a BavTech code reader, and there were no faults.

Cliff
2006 330i
140K

[PlzCalmDown]

Hey everyone, hopefully someone still follows this thread. I have a 2006 BMW 330xi, the low RPM code came up about two years ago. Yes, I kid you not over two years ago. For the past year, the fan has been running really loudly, maybe it always did but after the paranoia I began to notice it. When I start my car in the morning you can hear the fans blasting from outside the vehicle, when I shut the car off the fans stop, and sometimes they continue to run for a few minutes. These are all signs of WP pending failure from what I've read on this thread. Note, the fan quiets back down once I'm driving so it's not constant.

Anyways, the vehicle is now sitting at 180,000KM (hi from Canada). And after reading this thread I'm debating to replace it. Should I? I did plan to two years ago but mechanic told me to wait till it stops working before doing so as it's not cheap, so that's why over two years later I'm still waiting...

So should I just pull the trigger? Does my fan noise description describe WP?

After this... time to locate stupid squeak/creak noise on rear suspension. Sigh. No more BMW after this.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by PlzCalmDown

Hey everyone, hopefully someone still follows this thread. I have a 2006 BMW 330xi, the low RPM code came up about two years ago. Yes, I kid you not over two years ago. For the past year, the fan has been running really loudly, maybe it always did but after the paranoia I began to notice it. When I start my car in the morning you can hear the fans blasting from outside the vehicle, when I shut the car off the fans stop, and sometimes they continue to run for a few minutes. These are all signs of WP pending failure from what I've read on this thread. Note, the fan quiets back down once I'm driving so it's not constant.

Anyways, the vehicle is now sitting at 180,000KM (hi from Canada). And after reading this thread I'm debating to replace it. Should I? I did plan to two years ago but mechanic told me to wait till it stops working before doing so as it's not cheap, so that's why over two years later I'm still waiting...

So should I just pull the trigger? Does my fan noise description describe WP?

After this... time to locate stupid squeak/creak noise on rear suspension. Sigh. No more BMW after this.

The ECU stores every instance the WP throws a code and at what mileage. You should have the car scanned soon and see how many time the WP has thrown a code.

[Mayuri Krab]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

The ECU stores every instance the WP throws a code and at what mileage. You should have the car scanned soon and see how many time the WP has thrown a code.

So the code (if any) would be under shadow codes (in the BT software), is that correct?

I'm on original pump at 109,000km now, so far no shadow codes thrown (last time I checked was ~100,000km, due to the car throwing up ABS/DSC errors).

Better keep an eye on it and scan every weekend now... lol

[Sgop335]

Originally Posted by Mayuri Krab

So the code (if any) would be under shadow codes (in the BT software), is that correct?

I'm on original pump at 109,000km now, so far no shadow codes thrown (last time I checked was ~100,000km, due to the car throwing up ABS/DSC errors).

Better keep an eye on it and scan every weekend now... lol

I had my water pump and thermo replaced today! 73k mi. Serpentine belt, tensioner and pulleys while at it. $1100.

Normal symptoms, yellow coolant light, then red, no power. Altho car seemed fine after restarting but changed any way. Shadow codes, were 2e81 and 2e82.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by Mayuri Krab

So the code (if any) would be under shadow codes (in the BT software), is that correct?

I'm on original pump at 109,000km now, so far no shadow codes thrown (last time I checked was ~100,000km, due to the car throwing up ABS/DSC errors).

Better keep an eye on it and scan every weekend now... lol

Just scan the ECU, if they are there, you will find them: 2E81 and 2E82 are the two common codes.

[Mayuri Krab]

Originally Posted by Efthreeoh

Just scan the ECU, if they are there, you will find them: 2E81 and 2E82 are the two common codes.

Cheers

Just scanned today and no codes (but those dam ABS/DSC module failure code remains ), looks like I'll be holding the pump change for a while.

I do have a 2000km road trip in outback Australia comming up mid of next month, am I pushing my luck too far?

[nuke21]

I used the search feature (Yay go me) and found this post. I decided I would just ask here first instead of creating a new thread.

1) I read this is very common on the 335d, anyone doing these on a 328i yet?

2)Anyone confirm if Carly for BMW scan tool will detect water pump failure shadow codes?

[Maria2_60]

hey nuke21,

Do you find any answer? please suggest codes.

and waterpump is working same as waterflosser. do you know that is correct?